2017:434 - 25 Deans Walk, Shankill, Lurgan, Armagh

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Armagh Site name: 25 Deans Walk, Shankill, Lurgan

Sites and Monuments Record No.: ARM 006:008 Licence number: AE/17/50

Author: Francis Woods, Gahan & Long Ltd

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 707456m, N 858756m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.465914, -6.342404

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken ahead of the construction of a proposed residential development at 25 Deans Walk, Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Four test trenches were excavated by mechanical digger fitted with a toothless bucket. The depths of the trenches varied greatly across the site. Trench 1 revealed extensive deposits of modern fill and rubble. Trenches 2 and 3 varied in depth between 0.2 and 2.5m due to various drains and water courses extending through them. The trenches all showed a rise in the subsoil to the west however to the east there were several drains and large amounts of grey clay uncovered along with a tree/bush bowl. Trenches 2 – 4 all contained the same orange/yellowish sandy subsoil with small stone inclusions. No archaeological deposits were identified during the course of the evaluation.

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